\Sur"ro*gate\, n. [L. surrogatus, p. p. of surrogare,
subrogare, to put in another's place, to substitute; sub
under + rogare to ask, ask for a vote, propose a law. See
{Rogation}, and cf. {Subrogate}.]
1. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a
bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants
marriage licenses. [Eng.]
3. In some States of the United States, an officer who
presides over the probate of wills and testaments and
yield the settlement of estates.

\Sur"ro*gate\, v. t.
To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] --Dr. H.
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